TMHA crowns top technicians
at national skills contest
Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has praised the winners of its annual
National Skills Contest as vital to its commitment in maintaining industry-leading
training and service standards.
TMHA Executive Vice President and COO
Steve Takacs said the National Skills Contest
was an important part of its investment in the
skills of its technicians.
“It is always pleasing to see TMHA branches
from around the country being represented
in the finals, which shows the high level of
product knowledge across the country and in
turn supports our position as the number one
forklift brand,” Mr Takacs said.
“The National Skills Contest has been proven
to support high customer satisfaction rates,
with less downtime and increased efficiency
for all our business partners.
“The Apprentice of the Year component
in particular provides the opportunity for
budding technicians to test themselves
against the country’s best, and allows us to
invest in their future and that of the entire
TMHA business,” he said.
The 15 TMHA forklift technician finalists who
competed at its Moorebank headquarters in
Sydney were made up of nine technicians
and six apprentices who qualified from a
group of approximately 160 entrants from the
TMHA national branch network.
The Master Technician of the Year award
was won by Luke Kuschert from TMHA
Brisbane who also received the National
Technician of the Year award for BT
products.
2013 Master Technician winner Aaron Lang,
also from TMHA Brisbane, was the National
Technician of the Year for Toyota products.
Rod Villeneuve from TMHA Melbourne took
out the Raymond award, the only Victorian to
claim an award at this year’s contest.
TMHA Albury produced another outstanding
entrant for the third consecutive year, with
apprentice Shayne Marsh taking home the
National Apprentice of the Year honour.
The two-day contest covered a series of
practical and theory-based exercises across
the three brands of TMHA warehouse
equipment – Toyota, BT and Raymond.
Those competing as technicians chose
a brand to specialise in for the practical
component and sat an exam which
encompassed all three brands to determine
the winner of the Master Technician award.
All winners received a cash prize while the
Master Technician and Apprentice of the
Year will also travel to the Takahama forklift
assembly plant in Japan.
The five winners were presented with their
awards by TMHA Executive Vice President
and COO Steve Takacs on 1 July at a gala
dinner at the Four Points Hotel in Sydney.
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